我要扼住命运的咽喉
《世界名著全知道》（一百零二）
一、罗曼·罗兰的《贝多芬传》经典摘录：谁也别想战胜我，我要扼住命运的咽喉。 音乐当使人类的精神爆出火花。 噢上帝！给我勇气让我征服我自己。
1. Classic excerpts from Romain Rolland's "Beethoven": No one shall ever conquer me, I will seize fate by the throat. Music should make the human spirit burst into sparks. Oh God! Give me the courage to conquer myself.
二、《约翰·克利斯朵夫》从构思到创作完成经历了20多年的时间。根据罗曼·罗兰在《青年时代的回忆录》中的记述，作者从1890年左右就开始酝酿、构思这部著作。
2. "Jean-Christophe" took over 20 years from conception to completion. According to Romain Rolland's account in "Memories of Youth," the author began brewing and conceiving this work around 1890.
三、罗曼·罗兰称创作这部小说的目的是为了向“充满虚荣心的市场”报仇，完成他早期希望在“人民戏剧”中实现的醒世愿望。
3. Romain Rolland stated that the purpose of writing this novel was to take revenge on the "vanity-filled market" and fulfill his earlier aspiration of awakening the world, which he had hoped to achieve in "people's theater."
四、《新教伦理与资本主义精神》是韦伯宗教社会学和伦理学的最重要代表作，他引证富兰克林时间就是金钱、信用就是金钱，金钱可生金钱等格言来阐释资本主义精神，认为加尔文教的入世禁欲主义培养了一种资本主义精神，并且推动了资本主义经济文化的发展。
4. "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" is Weber's most important representative work in religious sociology and ethics. He cited Franklin's maxims such as "time is money," "credit is money," and "money begets money" to explain the spirit of capitalism, arguing that Calvinist inner-worldly asceticism cultivated a capitalist spirit and promoted the development of capitalist economy and culture.
五、《新教伦理与资本主义精神》经典摘录： 时间是无价之宝，因为每一个小时的丧失，都是为上帝增光的劳动的损失。寻找天国的热忱开始逐渐被审慎的经济追求所取代，宗教的根系慢慢枯萎，最终为功利主义的世俗精神所取代。
5. Classic excerpt from "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism": Time is priceless, because the loss of every hour is a loss of labor for the glory of God. The zeal for seeking the Kingdom of Heaven gradually began to be replaced by prudent economic pursuits, the roots of religion slowly withered, and ultimately gave way to utilitarian secular spirit.
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